The Dordt Defender men's volleyball team will host Clarke on Friday, March 27 at 7pm and Mount Mercy on Saturday, March 28 at 1pm.
 
COVERAGE
Watch vs Clarke
Watch vs Mount Mercy    
Live Stats   
Dordt Season Stats
Clarke Season Stats  
Mount Mercy Season Stats  
 
DORDT
Record Overall/HAAC: 20-7/10-5
Wins: Midway 3-0, Rio Grande 3-0, Olivet Nazrarene 3-1, Illinois Tech 3-1, Viterbo 3-0, Jamestown 3-0, Hastings 3-1, Arizona Christian 3-0, Grand View 3-2, Graceland 3-0, Missouri Baptist 3-1, UHSP 3-1, Clarke 3-0, Governors State 3-0, Viterbo 3-1, Ottawa 3-1, Morningside 3-1, William Penn 3-0, Graceland 3-0, Missouri Valley 3-2, Culver Stockton 3-1
Losses: Mount Vernon Nazarene 0-3, Jamestown 3-1, Morningside 3-1, William Penn 3-1, Mount Mercy 3-1, Park 3-0
Last 5: 4-1
Last 10: 7-3
Home: 10-2
Away: 10-5

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 12.6/11.6
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .257/.201   
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 131/81
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 11.1/10.0
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 2.5/1.9

Individual Leaders

• Joel Van Groningen | 3.9kps | .279kill efficiency | 48aces | 1.5dps
• Cade Schmidt | 2.6kps | 1.5dps
• Kai Chapman | 1.9kps | .278kill efficiency
• Lance Vermeer | 1.8kps | 1.1bps | .370kill efficiency
• Cory Kuperus | 1.0kps | 1.2bps | .309kill efficiency
• Nicodemus Elliott | 1.6kps | .237kill efficiency
• Colt Schmidt | 4.0dps | 14aces
• Joseph Jang | 6.0aps

CLARKE
Record Overall/Conference: 7-16/3-11  
Wins: Viterbo 3-2, Park Gilbert 3-0, Calumet 3-0, Graceland 3-1, Graceland 3-1, Kansas Wesleyan 3-2, Avila 3-1
Losses: St Mary-Woods 3-0, Grand View 3-0, William Penn 3-0, Ottawa 3-1, Park 3-0, Mount Mercy 3-0, Dordt 3-0, Morningside 3-2, St. Ambrose 3-2, Augustana 3-1, UHSP 3-0, Missouri Baptist 3-0, Grand View 3-0, Saint Xavier 3-0, Viterbo 3-1, William Penn 3-0
Last 5: 2-3  
Last 10: 3-7
Home: 2-7
Away: 5-9

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 9.9/10.4
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .181/.216
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 104/112
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 9.4/10.5
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 2.0/2.1

Individual Leaders

• Tanner May | 2.6kps | .402kill%
• Trey Vescoso | 1.9kps | 26aces | 1.2dps
• Dustin Kuner | 2.0kps | .268kill%
• Benjamin Reiser | 8.8aps | 7aces
• Jason Romero | 2.2dps 

MOUNT MERCY
Record Overall/Conference: 17-2/12-2 
Wins: Viterbo 3-0, Cumberland 3-0, Viterbo 3-0, Avila 3-0, William Penn 3-0, Graceland 3-0, Grand View 3-0, Clarke 3-0, Morningside 3-1, Dordt 3-1, Missouri Baptist 3-0, UHSP 3-1, William Penn 3-1, Saint Xavier 3-2, Graceland 3-0, Grand View 3-0, Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
Losses:   Park 3-0, Ottawa 3-2
Last 5: 5-0
Last 10: 10-0
Home: 11-0
Away: 6-2 

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 14.0/10.2
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .310/.177
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 123/40
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 12.0/9.7
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 1.8/2.0

Individual Leaders

• Guglielmo Illotti | 4.4kps | .356kill% | 12aces
• Curdin Acklin | 3.1kps | .266kill%
• Gabor Toth | 2.6kps | .252kill% | 15aces
• Gustavo Kehl Bauer | 11.3aps
• Richard Struska | 3.6dps 

LAST TIME
Clarke beat Avila on March 21, 27-29, 25-19, 25-17, 25-15 and had a 50-30 kills advantage and held Avila to a -.026 kill efficiency.
Box Score  
 
Clarke Leaders
Eduarda Hernandez | 14k | 9d
Tanner May | 12k
Benjamin Reiser | 24a
 
Mount Mercy beat Kansas Wesleyan on March 21 by set scores of 25-15, 25-14, 25-10.
 
Box Score  
 
Mount Mercy Leaders
Curdin Acklin | 16k
Douglas Fofano | 8k
Richard Struska | 11d
Alexandre Jette | 24ast
 
The Defenders beat Culver Stockton on Saturday, March 21 by set scores of 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-20.
 
Box Score   
 
Dordt Leaders
Joel Van Groningen | 15k
Cade Schmidt | 9k   
Lance Vermeer | 8k  
Nicodemus Elliott | 7k | 4ba
Kai Chapman | 9k
Joseph Jang | 24a
Colt Schmidt | 24d
 
THE SERIES
Dordt leads the series with Clarke 5-2 and Dordt was a 3-0 winner on February 27, 25-18, 25-18, 25-19.
Box Score
Dordt Leaders
Cade Schmidt 11k | 6d
Joel Van Groningen | 9k
Joseph Jang | 15ast
Justin Hofman | 12ast
Colt Schmidt | 10d
 
Clarke Leaders
Micah Dancy | 8k
Trey Vescoso | 7k
Benjamin Reiser | 24ast
Jason Romero | 7d
 
Dordt trails Mount Mercy 4-2 with the Mustangs winning on February 28, 25-16, 27-25, 21-25, 25-18.  
Box Score
 
Dordt Leaders
Joel Van Groningen | 19k
Cade Schmidt | 10k | 12d
Lance Vermeer | 8k | 6b
Justin Hofman | 21ast
Joseph Jang | 18ast
Colt Schmidt | 15d
 
Mount Mercy Leaders
Illotti Guglielmo | 28k
Curdin Acklin | 11k
Gustavo Kehl Bauer | 50ast
Richard Struska | 16d
 
2026 HAAC STANDINGS
 

Park	14-0	23-0
Mount Mercy	12-2	17-2
William Penn	11-4	15-5
Missouri Valley	10-4	16-4
Dordt	10-5	20-7
Grand View	10-5	11-6
Ottawa	9-6	16-8
Morningside	7-8	19-9
Missouri Baptist	7-9	13-12
UHSP	6-10	10-14
Clarke	3-11	7-16
Graceland	1-12	2-21
Kansas Wesleyan	1-13	5-13
Culver Stockton	1-13	3-20

 
Friday, March 20
Dordt def. Missouri Valley 3-2
Grand View def. UHSP 3-1
Morningside def. Culver Stockton 3-2
William Penn def. Missouri Baptist 3-0
Clarke def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-2
 
Saturday, March 21
Mount Mercy def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
William Penn def. UHSP 3-2
Ottawa def. Graceland 3-0
Grand View def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
Dordt def. Culver Stockton 3-1
Morningside def. Missouri Valley 3-1
 
Tuesday, March 24
Culver Stockton def Graceland 3-0
Missouri Valley def. UHSP 3-0
Grand View def.  Ottawa 3-0
 
Friday, March 27
Clarke @ Dordt
Mount Mercy @ Morningside
UHSP @ Park
Ottawa @ Culver Stockton
Kansas Wesleyan @ Missouri Valley
 
Saturday, March 28
Clarke @ Morningside
Kansas Wesleyan @ Culver Stockton
Mount Mercy @ Dordt
Grand View @ Graceland
Missouri Baptist @ Park
 
Tuesday, March 31
Graceland @ Missouri Valley
Ottawa @ William Penn
Park @ Grand View
 
Friday, April 3
Morningside @ Kansas Wesleyan
Dordt @ Grand View
Ottawa @ UHSP
Culver Stockton @ Mount Mercy
Missouri Valley @ Clarke
Graceland @ Missouri Baptist
 
Tuesday, February 10
Morningside def. Dordt 3-1
Park def. Graceland 3-0
Mount Mercy def. William Penn 3-0
UHSP def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Grand View def. Clarke 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
Ottawa def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-1
 
Thursday, February 12
Park def.  Culver Stockton 3-0
 
Friday, February 13
William Penn def. Morningside 3-2
Ottawa def. UHSP 3-1
Mount Mercy def. Graceland 3-0
Dordt def. Grand View 3-2
St. Ambrose def. Culver Stockton 3-0
Missouri Baptist def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-1
 
Saturday, February 14
William Penn def. Dordt 3-1
UHSP @ Kansas Wesleyan 3-2
Ottawa def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
Park def.  Missouri Valley 3-1
Morningside def. Grand View 3-2
Clarke def.  Graceland 3-1
 
Tuesday, February 17
William Penn def. Clarke 3-0
Mount Mercy def.  Grand View 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Culver Stockton 3-0
UHSP def. Missouri Baptist 3-2
Dordt def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Ottawa 3-1
 
Friday, February 20
Ottawa def. Clarke 3-1
Morningside def. UHSP 3-0
Park def. Mount Mercy 3-0
Dordt def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
 
Saturday, February 21
Dordt def. UHSP 3-1
Park def. Clarke 3-0
Ottawa def. Mount Mercy 3-2
Missouri Baptist def. Morningside 3-1
Grand View def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Sunday, February 22
William Penn def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Tuesday, February 24
Mount Mercy def. Clarke 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Ottawa 3-2
Morningside def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Wednesday, February 25
Grand View def. William  Penn 3-2
Missouri Baptist def. Culver Stockton 3-0
 
Friday, February 27
Mount Mercy def. Morningside 3-1
Park def. UHSP 3-1
Ottawa def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Dordt def. Clarke 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Saturday, February 28
Kansas Wesleyan def. Culver Stockton 3-1
Mount Mercy def. Dordt 3-1
Morningside def. Clarke 3-2
Grand View def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Missouri Baptist 3-0
 
Tuesday, March 3
Missouri Valley def. UHSP 3-0
William Penn def. Graceland 3-0
 
Wednesday, March 4
Grand View def. Morningside 3-2
 
Friday, March 6
Park def. Morningside 3-0
Mount Mercy def. Missouri Baptist 3-0
Missouri Valley def. William Penn 3-0
Grand View def.  Culver Stockton 3-1
UHSP def. Clarke 3-0
Dordt def. Ottawa 3-1
Graceland def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Saturday, March 7
William Penn def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Mount Mercy def. UHSP 3-1
Missouri Baptist def. Clarke 3-1
Park def. Dordt 3-0
Ottawa def. Morningside 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Grand View 3-2
 
Saturday, March 7
William Penn def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Mount Mercy def. UHSP 3-1
Missouri Baptist def. Clarke 3-1
Park def. Dordt 3-0
Ottawa def. Morningside 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Grand View 3-2
 
Friday, March 13
Park def. Culver Stockton 3-0
William Penn def. Dordt 3-0
Clarke def. Graceland 3-1
Missouri Baptist def. Kansas Wesleyan
 
Saturday, March 14
UHSP def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
Mount Mercy def. Graceland 3-0
William Penn def. Morningside 3-0
Missouri Baptist def. Ottawa 3-2
Park def. Missouri Valley 3-1
 
Tuesday, March 17
Mount Mercy def. Grand View 3-0
Missouri Baptist def. UHSP 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Culver Stockton 3-1
William Penn def. Clarke 3-0
Dordt def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Ottawa 3-1